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Have just had the June issue of Practical Family History through the letter box and it has several pages about a new family history series that starts on UK TV History channel on 15th May 9pm. Get your certificate orders in now and beat the rush!

I saw it listed in the Radio Times, they are also showing the first series of WDYTYA.

Hi Ivan Thanks for pointing it out - I've just been and checked it out and it looks like it might be interesting - ordinary people who are related to famous people. First one is about a music student who didn't know Florence Nightingale was her ancestor. WDYTYA is on just before it - repeats. Snowdrops

Thanks for the heads up Ivan

Oh wow, I would love to watch it, and UK TV History is one of the very very few FreeView channels I have, but it clashes with New Tricks AND Dead Ringers, so I hope it will be repeated! I bet it will. Kate.

I've just checked the digital guide on sky and it shows that it's repeated three times in the same day. 9:30 am 4:30 pm and 9:00 pm Then you can watch them an hour later on channel 537 UKTV History +1 So you have 6 chances to catch it on the one day. :D I'll miss them though no doubt. Got to try and figure out this darn new dvd recorder.

Thanks, Ian. The 9 o'clock will start when I'm dropping off my daughter at school but perhaps I won't miss too much of it. The afternoon showing - no chance, cos the kids will be home by then, and as I only have (a bit of) Freeview I won't get that plus one thingy, but I will see if I can catch most of that 9 a.m. showing. Kate.

Thanks for the warning Ivan, looks interesting though, glad I got my urgent cert orders in last week LOLOLOL Looby

Whoops!!!!! Just checked the listings - they're bombarding us with this, if you click the 'when else is this on' button on the UKTV History Listings Page, it shows it's on Mon 15, Tues16, Wed 17, Thurs 18, Frid 19, Mon 22 and Tues 23rd. OMG - going to order some more certs now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Trudy

Looby do we know if it's the same programme over and over again or they are showing a series in a very short space of time? Snowdrops

Ah, it's a different episode every day! I think I'll give it a miss, then. And I have no idea how to record from the Freeview box onto the video....! Kate.

Hi Snowdrop Looks like five different programmes the first week, and then a couple of them repeated the following Mon/Tues. Also seem to be showing a couple each of the WDYTYA each day. God help us!!!!!!! Looby

Thanks Looby and Kate. Only problem is system overload AND cutting into 'reasearch time' - don't those television programmers know anything? lol Snowdrops

Nudged in case anyone didn't see it - starts tonight!!!!! Looby

Just be prepared to wince every time you hear the word 'ancestor' used wrongly (I watched most of it this morning but missed the beginning). And I didn't see any mention of certificates at all, so it might not cause a surge in applications after all. Kate.

Thanks Kate - sorry forgot it had been on this morning - I have it set for this evening!!!!!!

You disappoint me, Kate. I was dying to find out about Florence Nightingale's secret lovechild!

I watched this mornings showing about the Florence Nightingale connection & was very disappointed in how they decided she 'had a famous ancestor' I made it something like 6th cousin three times removed. So I really AM related to everyone & anyone, including half of Northumberland, THE Spencer family, Keira Knightley, Uncle Tom Cobbley...

Laura, they start with the famous person and try to find somebody living who is related to them. Kate.